Game Engines
Why characters often use capsule colliders
A character is rarely a detailed mesh to the physics world. A capsule is a boring shape that walks through rooms without snagging.
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Game Engines
A short history of game middleware
Engines used to be mostly homemade. Middleware is the story of teams buying a solved problem instead of rebuilding it.
Game Engines
Version control for a student game project
A student project dies when the only copy is a folder named final. The small habits that make a team share one game.
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An asset pipeline from file to playable
Art and audio do not appear in a game by magic. A plain path from the file you made to the thing the build can load.
Game Engines
Baked lighting versus real-time lighting
Some light is painted into the scene ahead of time. Some is calculated while you play. The picture and the frame rate both care.
Game Engines
What a physics engine fakes in a game
Game physics is a performance piece, not a laboratory. What gets simulated, what gets faked, and why characters slide.
Game Engines
Scenes, prefabs, and messy project folders
A game project rots when everything is a one-off. Scenes and prefabs are how a small team keeps a world editable.
Game Engines
Game Engines Explained for Curious Players
A game engine is the toolkit behind many of your favorite games. Learn in plain language what an engine includes and why it shapes how games look and run.